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Princeton Finishes California Trip With Game At Santa Clara
December 18, 2011 | Women's Basketball
In its last five games, the Princeton University women's basketball team has played three teams in the Top 25, including two (DePaul and Stanford) that have played in at least the last nine NCAA tournaments. For that matter, Stanford has played in the last four Final Fours.
Its two non-ranked opponents included an NCAA tournament team from last year and a team that won its league's regular-season championship last year.
Even before this stretch, Princeton's schedule included a team it had never beaten in nine tries and two others who were receiving votes in the polls.
Princeton has three games left in December, and then seven days into the new year before the Ivy League season begins.
After Christmas for the Tigers are games at Hofstra and Drexel (currently a combined 11-5) .
Before the holiday, Princeton finishes its Northern California tour with a game at Santa Clara, a team that brings a winning record into the game after having struggled for the last few years.
Princeton fell 85-66 to Stanford Saturday afternoon after playing a tight game for the first 20 minutes. The game against Santa Clara Monday allows Princeton's two Bay Area players - juniors Niveen Rasheed and Lauren Polansky - to play another game near their hometowns of Danville and Mill Valley.
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Princeton and Santa Clara have met twice, and both were before any of the current players were even in high school.
The first (on Dec. 18, 1993) was a 59-56 Princeton win the Diet Pepsi Shootout, hosted by the Broncos. The Tigers then lost to San Diego State in the final.
The most recent meeting was on Nov. 21, 2001, when Santa Clara defeated Princeton 80-52 at the Seattle Times Husky Classic.
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Princeton has played 11 games, and 10 of the 11 have been decided by double figures. The one that wasn't decided by double figures? Princeton's nine-point win over Davidson.
Of the 11 games, a total of seven have been decided by at least 15.
The average scoring margin in Princeton's 11 games has been 17.0 points.
In 10 of the 11 games, there have been no lead changes in the second half.
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Princeton has faced the No. 1 (Elena Delle Donne of Delaware) and No. 5 (Nnemkadi Ugwumike of Stanford) scorers in Division I this season.
Santa Clara doesn't have any one player in the Top 50 in scoring, but the Broncos nevertheless rank 19th in Division I in scoring offense (73.9 points per game). Santa Clara has three players averaging at least 12.8 points per game.
Santa Clara shoots 42% as a team, good for 26th in Division I.
On the other hand, Santa Clara allows 74.1 points per game, 311th in Division I. Teams are shooting 43.8% against the Broncos (317th in Division I).
Princeton scores 66.3 points per game and allows 59.1. The Tigers are 7-0 when allowing 62 points or fewer and 0-4 when allowing 65 or more.
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Lauren Edwards has 110 points in 11 games, for a per game average that is, well, obvious. What isn't obvious is the difference in the games Edwards has played against the three ranked teams and the other games.
In Princeton's games against Delaware, DePaul and Stanford, Edwards has averaged 16.3 points while shooting 45% from the field and 37% from three-point range.
In the oher eight games, Edwards averages 7.6 points on 35.4% shooting from the field and 23.5% shooting from three.
Niveen Rasheed averaged 19.7 points per game in the three games against the ranked teams.
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Princeton has started three or four players from California in every game and has four Californians on its roster.
Santa Clara's roster features 10 Californians out of 16 players. There are also two from both Nevada and Colorado, one from Nevada and one from a little further east - Lithuania.
Princeton figures to start more players from California than Santa Clara.
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Princeton and Santa Clara has both played 11 games. In those 11 games, Princeton has forced 221 turnovers, while Santa Clara has turned it over 187 times.
On average, Princeton forces basically four more turnovers per game (20.9) than Santa Clara commits (17).
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Devona Allgood has 975 career points, which leaves her close to becoming the 20th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points.
Allgood, should she score 25 more points, would become the second Princeton player this year to reach 1,000, after Lauren Edwards did so against Lafayette in the second game of the season.
Edwards currently has 1,092 points, leaving her in 17th place all-time in scoring at Princeton (six away from 16th, 14 away from 15th).
Princeton could have a third player reach 1,000 points this year, as Niveen Rasheed currently has 834 points. With 17 regular-season games remaining, Rasheed would have to average 9.8 per game (more than seven below her 17.3 per game average) to reach 1,000.
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What Can You Say About ...
Devona Allgood #44
• 2010-11 first-team All-Ivy League
• 2009-10 second-team All-Ivy League
• 2008-09 honorable mention All-Ivy League
• has 975 career points
• tied with Corneille Burt for fifth in program history with 706 career rebounds; ahead are Becky Brown (724) and Jennifer Donnelly (736), before a huge jump to Ellen Devoe (942) and Margaret Meier (1,099)
• has at least six rebounds in eight of 11 games
• had 14 points and nine rebounds against DePaul
• had eight points (all from the foul line, on 8 for 10 shooting) and seven rebounds against UMBC
• had 10 points and nine rebounds against Rider
• had a career-high four assists, along with eight points and seven rebounds, against Delaware
• had 18 points on 8 of 10 shooting and scored the first nine Princeton points of the second half as the Tigers took control against Villanova
• had nine points and six rebounds vs. St. Joe's and six points and six rebounds against Lafayette
• has 18 rebounds in her last two games, including a season-high 10 against Davidson
• scored in double figures in 21 of 29 games last year
• has attempted - and made - one career three-pointer, as the shot clock was expiring against Harvard last year
• has played in all 96 games of her career, starting 82, including every game the last three seasons until the UMBC game, when Meg Bowen's No. 43 was entered in the starting lineup in the official book instead of her No. 44; came off the bench at the first deadball
Megan Bowen #43
• averaging 6.4 points per game, up from 5.4 a year ago and 1.7 as a freshman
• made first career start againt UMBC when her number was incorrectly entered in the official book; had nine points on 4 of 5 shooting in the game
• had 12 points in the win over St. Joe's
• had 10 points, four rebounds and three assists against Rider
• returned after missing Villanova and Marist games with a concussion to have six points against Davidson
• had six points and three rebounds against Lafayette
• appeared in the first 24 games of last year before injuring her shoulder against Columbia; missed four games before returning for NCAA tournament
• scored nine points on 3 of 5 shooting and added five rebounds in NCAA tournament game against Georgetown
• had a career-high 15 in win at home against Yale
• led team in scoring for first time in career with 14 points at Dartmouth
Blake Dietrick #11
• has made a team-best 50% (8 for 16) of her three-point shots
• had first career double figure game with 10 points against Rider, shooting 4 for 4 from the field, including 2 for 2 from three-point range
• had six points and three rebounds in 15 minutes against UMBC
• had six points on two three-pointers in 11 minutes against Navy
• had four points, two rebounds and an assist in five minutes against Marist, including a big three-pointer early in the second half as Princeton took control of the game
• scored her first seven points and had her first career three-pointer and assist in win over Lafayette
• made first collegiate appearance in game against St. Joe's
• led her high school team to an 84-9 record
• scored 1,440 career high school points, the most ever by a boy or girl at the school
• 2011 Massachusetts Player of the Year
Lauren Edwards #30
• first-team All-Ivy League each of the last two years
• started every game since the start of her sophomore year
• became the 19th 1,000-point scorer in Princeton women's basketball history against Lafayette
• is one of 10 players in school history with at least 100 career three-pointers
• has 1,092 career points, 17th all-time at Princeton; ahead are Maureen Lane (1,098), Laura Leacy (1,106), Jackie Jackson (1,113) and Tina Smith (1,116)
• has 115 career three-pointers; needs 47 to tie Kim Allen for eighth
• had 16 points on 7 of 15 shooting against Stanford
• had season-high 23 points against Delaware; shot 9 for 14 from the field and 4 for 8 from three-point range in the game
• had a team-high 14 points against Rider
• had 10 points and six rebounds against DePaul
• was in double figures in points in both of the first two games before having five points, but also six rebounds and four steals, against Villanova
• had 13 points and 10 rebounds in opener against St. Joe's
• had three blocked shots against Davidson after having three in the first four games combined; six blocked shots leads team
• scored in double figures in 20 of 29 games a year ago
• had a career-high six rebounds against Villanova
• had five points and two rebounds in 12 minutes against Lafayette
• had six points and four rebounds against Rider
• had five points against Navy
• had four points and four rebounds against UMBC
• had four points and three rebounds against Davidson
• had a steal and rebound in four minutes against St. Joe's
• played in 16 games freshman year
• high game was 16 points against Penn
• scored six points in 19 minutes against Georgetown in the NCAA tournament game
Nicole Hung #10
• made first career start and scored nine points with five rebounds in 24 minutes against UMBC
• tied season-high with 11 points against Delaware
• had 10 points, three rebounds, two assists and a steal against Stanford
• had 11 points, four rebounds, two assists and a steal in 16 minutes against Lafayette
• had five points and career-high five rebounds against Villanova
• tied career-high in rebounds two games later with five against Davidson
• tied her career high with four assists against Marist
• had seven points and four rebounds against Rider
• had five points and two rebounds in 19 minutes against St. Joe's
• had a key three-point play during 10-0 run that broke game open early in second half against St. Joe's
• played in 22 games as a freshman
• led team with four assists and two steals in NCAA game against Georgetown
Laura Johnson #22
• scored 13 points, all in the second half, against Marist
• made three crucial second half three-pointers against Marist
• had six points, three assists, three rebounds and two steals in 18 minutes against Lafayette; made both of her three-pointers in the game
• had three points and two steals against Stanford
• had two blocks against Villanova
• played in every game last year, starting four
• led team with 16 points at Harvard last year
Kate Miller #20
• started the first seven games of the season, came off the bench against UMBC and Navy and then started against DePaul and Stanford
• had 10 points, three steals and two assists against DePaul
• had a team-high and career-high 18 points against St. Joe's
• had seven points, four rebounds and two assists in 13 minutes against UMBC
• had eight points and five rebounds against Rider
• had five points and four rebounds against Stanford
• had four points, three rebounds and three steals against Davidson
• led team in scoring in a game for the first time in her career
• moved into starting lineup last year after Niveen Rasheed's knee injury
• played in all 29 games, starting 14, as a sophomore
• has played in every game of her career
• improved three-point shooting to 11 of 20 a year ago after shooting 2 for 19 freshman year; was 1 for 4 against St. Joe's
• had eight steals against Davidson, the second-highest single-game total in school history, behind only C.B. Tomasiewicz, who had 10 against Yale in 1976
• had three assists and five steals against Delaware
• had a career-high 12 points - along with six rebounds, three assists, two steals and a blocked shot - in the win against Marist
• had six rebounds and five assists against Villanova
• had five points, six rebounds and two assists against Stanford
• had four assists, four rebounds and four steals in the opener against St. Joe's
• did not score against Rider, but did have five assists and four steals
• had four steals against DePaul
• 2011 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year
• has started 58 games her career
• missed one game last year due to injury
• has 123 career steals; needs 36 to move into school's all-time top 10
• has 176 assists and 108 turnovers for her career
Niveen Rasheed #24
• leads team in scoring and rebounding and is second in assists and steals
• averaging 17.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per game
• has led team in scoring eight times and in rebounding seven times
• has had at least 20 points four times in 11 games
• has 834 career points
• the Ivy League Co-Player of the Week after wins over Lafayette and Villanova
• averaged 19.7 points and 10 rebounds in three games against nationally ranked teams
• had 23 points and career-high 18 rebounds (fifth-highest single-game total in school history) against DePaul
• had 16 points and seven rebounds against Stanford
• had 20 points and five rebounds against Delaware
• had 24 points and nine rebounds against Davidson
• had 18 points and 11 rebounds against Marist, along with three steals and her first two made three-pointers of the year
• had 19 points and 12 rebounds against Villanova, of which 15 of her points came in the second half
• had 16 points and 11 rebounds against Navy
• had team-bests with 22 points, seven rebounds, four steals, three blocks and three assists - in 23 minutes - against Lafayette
• had 17 points, six rebounds and three assists against St. Joe's
• had nine points, seven rebounds, four assists and a steal against UMBC
• returned this season after suffering a torn ACL against Davidson, in the 12th game of last season
• was averaging team-best 16.4 points and 7.3 rebounds per game at the time of the injury
• finished with the fourth-highest number of points on the team last year (197) despite playing only 12 games
• was the 2010 Ivy League Rookie of the Year (and a nine-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week) and a first-team All-Ivy League selection
Alex Rodgers #5
• had a career-high 10 points against Lafayette
• shot 3 for 4 against the Leopards, including 2 for 3 from three-point range; also had three rebounds, an assist and a steal
• played in 18 games as a freshman
Jess Shivers #23
• made her first career appearance in win over Davidson
• high school team went 80-8 in her four years, including 45-0 her sophomore and junior years
• shot 63 percent from the floor as a senior
• averaged 11.6 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.9 blocks, 1.7 steals and 1.5 assists per game her senior season
Mariah Smith #25
• had three points and three rebounds against Stanford
• had three points, two rebounds and first career assist in nine minutes against Navy
• had first career point and first two career rebounds in the game against Lafayette
• scored 1,897 career points in high school
• earned five all-state recognitions as a senior
• late father Mark Smith scored 1,653 points at Illinois and was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks